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Smart Engineering Manager allows you to add or edit attributes in plant and application data dictionaries and then create data dictionary templates from the modified plant or application data dictionaries. You can then move the template to a new site and use it to populate a new plant or application schema. For example, you can make your plant customizations one time, create a template of that data dictionary, and then use that template in other sites, much like copying a plant from site to site, rather than having to perform the same modification steps at each site.

Data dictionary templates are not database-specific. In other words, a given data dictionary template can be used in both Oracle and SQL Server environments.

  • The data dictionary template file is a collection of all filters, plant group types, Options Manager settings, and other database-related items (anything that's not stored in external files, like Rules or Symbols). When using a data dictionary template to create a plant in another site, you must have the proper rules file (which relies on filters) to go with that template. Rules, insulation specification, symbols, and other file-based reference data are not included in data dictionary templates.

  • In a Smart P&ID Workshare collaboration, you cannot create a plant or application data dictionary template at a satellite site. You must create the templates at the host site.

  • Data dictionary templates cannot be upgraded. However, you can use the Data Dictionary Template Comparison Utility to compare your existing template with the default template delivered with the latest version of Smart Engineering Manager. See the Introduction to Data Dictionary Template Comparison Utility.